Kevin Lyman Interview [Archive]

Brandon Herbel

12/13/05, 11:20 AM

I will be interviewing Kevin Lyman of Warped Tour (http://www.warpedtour.com) and Taste Of Chaos (http://www.tasteofchaos.com) fame this friday morning. If you have any questions for him please leave them in the replies and I will try my best to get them all answered.

getawayvanmike

12/13/05, 11:26 AM

What steps or actions(besides the Enrie Ball battle) should a local band take to try and get on a date or dates of either tour.

DroppedUrPocket

12/13/05, 11:26 AM

Tell him if Manson played, it would secure my ticket.

Tell him to get Sage Francis on that shit, too.

halifaxsb86

12/13/05, 11:27 AM

does he ever get sick of all the requests to get on his tours

BIGDeVriendt

12/13/05, 11:27 AM

whats up with the lack of hardcore bands at warped?

Flags of Dawn

12/13/05, 11:29 AM

Does he go on the road with Warped Tour.....cause I swear I saw him in Milwaukee last year

LPMagic

12/13/05, 11:35 AM

How does it feel to roll around in cash?

- Jeff

DroppedUrPocket

12/13/05, 11:38 AM

How does it feel to roll around in cash?

- Jeff

I think you should ask this guy:

http://www.fantasiescometrue.com/WDCCVARIOUS/WDCCVARIOUSIMAGES/wscrooge.jpg

Kevin Lyman wishes he was that pimp.

bjam12

12/13/05, 11:47 AM

Tell him if Manson played, it would secure my ticket.

If Manson played, I would be skipping Warped this year.

Evyboy914

12/13/05, 11:47 AM

What is going on with the bands and warped tour with the problems that have been occuring? Are they off the tour forever? What bands have been doing it?

DroppedUrPocket

12/13/05, 11:48 AM

If Manson played, I would be skipping Warped this year.
Good. You're not wanted there anyways.

kirbs84

12/13/05, 11:49 AM

Why go to pretty much the same cities every single year? Why not try something like the Fat Tour and hit all 50 states (or even just the mainland)?

Elijscott

12/13/05, 11:50 AM

Ask him if Showbread is going to be on Warped Tour in 2006?

FreddyKrueger

12/13/05, 11:51 AM

Ask him how it feels to be the one who killed Punk Rock by making it Corporate

Diggy

12/13/05, 12:05 PM

Ask him how it feels to be the one who killed Punk Rock by making it Corporate
As if he was the first, or the last.
But yeah, I did laugh when I read that.

billcom7

12/13/05, 12:08 PM

I don't really have any questions for him. So just thank him for me.

CHRISRIPPEDOUT

12/13/05, 12:10 PM

Ask him if he plans are having a tour for every season of the year?

fredrico0012

12/13/05, 12:13 PM

Ask him if he is gay.

DroppedUrPocket

12/13/05, 12:13 PM

Ask him if he is gay.

Why? You wanna make sweet manlove to him? Manlover.

Flags of Dawn

12/13/05, 12:14 PM

oh and why dont Tim Armstrong or Travis Barker eat catering like everyone else?

artishard

12/13/05, 12:21 PM

Can you ask him what live audio reinforcement company he uses for his tours and if he would consider using another company?

bubonic311

12/13/05, 12:25 PM

I've read some of Kevin's Warped Tour experiences in issues of Alternative Press. Has he considered writing a book or sharing a journal of his experiences? I bet there's tons of shit he could talk about with Warped and I think many people would want to read it.

weatherbox

12/13/05, 12:30 PM

plz ask him to turn down the suck

djUbilla

12/13/05, 12:31 PM

What steps or actions(besides the Enrie Ball battle) should a local band take to try and get on a date or dates of either tour.Word.

Tenn

12/13/05, 12:37 PM

How much money do Warped Tour bands make?

romantic rights

12/13/05, 12:39 PM

ask him why so many shitty hardcore/screamo bands on the tour, and not enough ska.

MusicisDead

12/13/05, 12:44 PM

i would like why to know warped tour and taste of chaos only come to NJ and there are no other Pa shows in philly or hershey? I live near philly and its always at the tweeter center. The Hershey warped tour show 2 years ago was awesome and camden is not the greatest town to take friends are the girlfriend.

pretty_in_punk3

12/13/05, 01:09 PM

tell him thanks for starting up something that turned out to be the highlight of my summer...every fucking summer....good times...

thisgetupkid

12/13/05, 01:23 PM

ask him why so many shitty hardcore/screamo bands on the tour, and not enough ska.

yes yes yes
I would like a ska stage
haha
but that will probably not happen...but how about some more ska bands

ask him what his favorite warped tour moment of all time is please

tyler

DroppedUrPocket

12/13/05, 01:28 PM

ask him why so many shitty hardcore/screamo bands on the tour, and not enough ska.

Easy, because metalcore/screamo/screamocore/applecore bands are what is popular.

eversosweetTEN

12/13/05, 01:36 PM

ask him what it takes for a clothing company to get a merch booth on the tour...

itsjdiggity

12/13/05, 01:36 PM

Easy, because metalcore/screamo/screamocore/applecore bands are what is popular.

haha...applecore

DroppedUrPocket

12/13/05, 01:38 PM

earthxcore!

mrzippo3

12/13/05, 01:56 PM

Why don't the good bands play in the southeast? we got totally ripped off last year... ie. No Use, Midtown, Fallen From the Sky

when is Goldfinger or Unwritten Law comin back to warped?

bjam12

12/13/05, 01:58 PM

Ask him what year of Warped Tour he has enjoyed the most.

FreddyKrueger

12/13/05, 02:04 PM

As if he was the first, or the last.
But yeah, I did laugh when I read that.

Yeah but few have bastardized and capitilized on it more than he has

Mobames

12/13/05, 03:17 PM

Ask if the Warped Tour will come to Omaha this year, and why it was cancelled there last year.

COME TO NEBRASKA! its not that bad, trust me.

Punkdc

12/13/05, 03:29 PM

Pranks are common on the tour, has he ever pulled some good ole warped shenagians?

kjehrhart

12/13/05, 03:55 PM

Ask him how a concert photographer would go about getting a job on Warped Tour '06.
Also, ask him if Warped Tour plans on coming down to New Orleans in '06 at the Ponchatrain Center like it did a few years ago, it would really raise a hell of a lot of spirits, that's for sure.

kjehrhart

12/13/05, 03:59 PM

ask him what it takes for a clothing company to get a merch booth on the tour...

$150 dollars per day you're on Warped Tour.

jsteil

12/13/05, 05:08 PM

Ask him:

1. how many cell phones he actually has?

2. What happened to the tent shows, like past warped tours.

3. what happened between him and richard at drive thru and the drive thru records stage.

4. Ask him when is George Clinton going to headline the tour.

travisev

12/13/05, 05:16 PM

how do you get you a job on warped?

and people still like ska?

jsteil

12/13/05, 05:16 PM

ask him what it takes for a clothing company to get a merch booth on the tour...

you can get her name and contract info through MSO or fanscape, ther person that did it prior years was Laura Sanders, it cost me 100 to 150 a date depending on which date or if you wanted a whole tour package they had special prices.

Tom Da Bomb

12/13/05, 09:34 PM

would he compare the warped tour to a new generations version of woodstock.

Punkdc

12/13/05, 10:20 PM

I know its late: but I also wanna know how many bands he has kicked off warped tour? I know Guttermouth got pressured to leave and Treephort clames to be the only band ever kicked off

DroppedUrPocket

12/14/05, 06:55 AM

I know its late: but I also wanna know how many bands he has kicked off warped tour? I know Guttermouth got pressured to leave and Treephort clames to be the only band ever kicked off

Who the fuck is Treephort?

avengedtbs

12/14/05, 07:47 AM

Ask him what bands are the closest to signing for warped 06 and if he could choose any three bands of all time to play warped, who would they be?